Winter is coming… and this is the time to start thinking about the importance of your pool’s safety cover maintenance during the season. Before the winter starts: • Inspect your pool cover, make sure your…
We get the “when to open your swimming pool” question a lot, especially from new homeowners. There are a few things to consider when deciding on a time frame for your Spring opening: What…
How long does a swimming pool liner last? Most liners last 10-12 years. If they are taken care of they will last a little longer. If they aren’t taken care of they will obviously not last as…
How often do I need pool water testing for proper balance? You should check your pool chemicals every day, especially the chlorine. If you miss a few days and the pool loses all the chlorine it…
Why isn’t my manual pool vacuuming unit working? We get this call a lot. The first question we ask is how old is the pool vacuuming vac hose? Lots of times its old and has an…
Waterbag-type Pool Cover The traditional Waterbag type pool cover has one benefit – it will block the sunlight so you don’t open your pool with a mess below the cover. Unfortunately, there will be a…
When Painting a Pool, One Type of Paint Does Not Fit All Painted pools are becoming fewer and fewer these day. If you have a painted pool and you are going to repaint it to…
December is always a crazy month for everybody. Between what seems like an endless number of kids birthday parties, family gatherings, shopping, Christmas festivities, New Years preparations and sneaking some work in-between everything, not only…
Slush~Snow on an unfrozen or thin iced rink-All is not lost! The BEST thing to do is nothing? If you have just filled your rink and it froze over with 6″ of ice or less…
Believe it or not, lots of pools get fall renovations or parts of renovations done in the fall. It is a time of year when the temperatures are still warm…